Take That: 'Up All Night'

Despite not winning any gongs and quite blatantly miming, Take That still managed to provide one of the biggest 'wow' moments at this week's Brits. Donning sexy specs and zooming into the crowd aboard a spaceship hanging from the rafters, their performance was roughly 500 times as exciting as one of Duffy's acceptance speeches. What's more, this light-show spectacular came just as people were starting to question if Gary Barlow had been listening to too much Snow Patrol - yet another case of the comeback champs side-stepping expectations.

'Up All Night' pulls a similar trick, reminding casual fans that there's more to the manband than mammoth ballads. Mark Owen, now firmly characterised as 'the cheeky one', takes the lead on this Beatles-esque pop ditty. "I met this girl last night and she said, 'Why won't you marry me?" he sings over parping tubas and finger-clicking rhythms. "Well I'm too young for that, too dumb for that, too tired for that, too proud for that, too cool for that... Would you like to come back to my flat?" This isn't quite as good as 'Shine', but it's got enough charm and pop smarts to keep the TT bandwagon rolling on merrily.


> Click here to read our review of Take That's album